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No. 280,632.l Patented July 3, 1883.

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ISRAEL L. LANDIS AND JACOB RIDDEL, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA; SAID RIDDEL ASSIGNOR TO SAID LANDIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,632, dated July 3, 1883. Application ledNovember 4,1852. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom it may Concern,.-

Beit known that we, IsEAEL L. LANDIs and JACOB RIDDEE, of Lancaster, inthe county of Lancaster, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates 5 and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making -a part of this specication.

This invention has for its objects to provide a gate which may be bodily elevated when desired, and which may be adjusted at any desired angle, as more fully hereinafter speciiied. These objects we accomplish by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a view showing the gate partly in section and partly in elevation. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal sectional view oi' the roller at the free end of the gate .on the line w x,- and Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of the hinge-post on the line y y, showing the slide and groove in which it works.

The letter A indicates the gate, which is constructed of two vertical beams and the pivoted parallel bars B, as indicated, thevertical'beams being providedwith horizontal wires C, loosely secured in suitable apertures, so as to permit the bars to move freely when adjusting the gate at an angle, as more fully hereinafter specified.

The letter D indicatestwo socket-heads provided with screw-threaded shanks which eX- tend through -oneof the vertical beams aforementioned, and are confined by means of screwnuts thereto.

The letter E indicates the gate-post, which consists of a vertical box having a longitudinal slot or opening, F, at one side. The said post on its interior is also provided with vertical grooves G, in which is located a slide, H, adapted to move vertically up and down. The said slide, near the upper and lower edges, is slotted, as indicated by the: letter I, and in these slots are secured the adjustable pintleheads K, which are provided with screwthreaded shanks and screw-nuts for the purpose of adjusting the pintle-heads vertically,

which is done by loosening the nuts and moving said pintle-heads up or down, and then clamping them, when in the desired position, by means of the nuts. The obj ect of this adjustment isto set the said pintles at points where they will coincide or register with the socket-heads, this being rendered necessary when it is desired to apply our improved post to an old gate-frame, in which it is found that the socket-heads are of varying distances apart. The pintles set into thesockets in the socketheads of the gate, forming hinges upon which the gate swings. Within the boX, near the upper part, is located a drum, L, mounted 011 a shaft journaled in bearings in the sides of gate-posts. One end of the shaft projects to the outside, and is provided with a crank, M, by which the shaft and barrel may be rotated. The said shaft is also provided with a ratchetwheel, N, within the gate-post, with which is adapted to engage a pawl, P, pivoted in a slot in the wall of the gate-post, one end projecting outward for the purpose of permitting the pawl to be operated to release the ratchet.

To the drum is secured a cord or chain, K, which is also secured to the shank of the lower pintle-head or to the slide in such manner' that upon rotating the drum the slide will be elevated or lowered, carrying the gate-body wit the slide.

The letter S indicates two rods or wires secured, respectively, to the upper and lower` corners of the gate-post in any convenient many ner, preferably with screw-hooks, so that the tension of the rods or wires may be regulated. The said rods or wires are connected by means of a chain, T, which passes over a roller, U, mounted on a screw-threaded stud, V, secured to one side of the gate. The said stud is provided with a binding-nut, WV, having a crank, X, by means of which the chain may be clamped to hold the gate when raised at an angle. In some instances, where it is desired to elevate the gate as high as possible, a pulley may be located near the top of the gate-post and the elevating cord or chain passed over the same.

The letter Y indicates the latch, which slides upon one end of the central rail, its forward end being arranged to play under a bent guide, Z, the rear end being split and arranged to play upon a bolt, A. The said bolt is pro- `vided with a nut at its upper end, by ineans ot' whieh the latch maybe securely held at any iixed position, while the rear end of the latch has elevations or lugs, which abut against the nut above alluded to when the latch is pushed forward, and prevent the loss or displacement ot' the latter should the nut not be screwed well down.

XVe are aware that it is not broadly new to provide a gate with a \f'ertieally-sliding beam secured to the hinge-post, and to which the gate is attached.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim, :1nd desire to secure by Letters latent, is-

l. The combination, in a gate, oi a hollow or mortised gate-post provided with vertical grooves and the vertically-1novablc slide to which the gate is hinged, andthe drum, ratchet and pawl, and the rope or chain ConnectingY the drum and slide, and ineans forturning1 the bolt and nut, the whole applied snbstmitiallyvv as speeiiied.

In. testimony whereof we alli x our signatures,

in presence of two witnesses, this 3d day ol' October, 1882.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS.

JACOB RlDDjIEL.

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